Black Belt Grading Application

Please make sure you have met the Grading Requirements below and have submitted your Grading Fee and all supplementary documents before submitting this form.


Student Details

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Supplementary Documents

All students must submit a recently taken passport style photo via email to admin@newmanmartialarts.com. This photo must have a plain background and be sent as an image file, not Word Document or PDF etc.

Passport Photo(required)
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All students attempting a Dan Promotion must submit an essay via email to admin@newmanmartialarts.com

If attempting 1st Dan: 500 words on “Why I Want To Be A Black Belt”

For all other Dan Grades: 500 words on “Why I Deserve This Promotion”

N/A for Star Grades

Please submit as an attached Word Document and ensure you include the title along with your name, grade, Club and Instructor

Essay(required)
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If your licence expires before the Black Belt Grading we will text you asking you to renew it before you apply to grade; this is to comply with requests from South West Administration.

Licence(required)
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Black Belt Book(required)
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Grading Fee

This must be paid for via Bank Transfer to the same account as training fees with the student’s name in the description

If attempting 1st Dan: £175
1st – 3rd Star: £30
2nd Dan: £175 *
3rd Dan: £185 *
4th Dan: £215
5th Dan: £245

Grading Fee(required)
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* If you are applying for a Dan Promotion (e.g. 2nd Dan) and have completed one or more Star Gradings since your last Dan Promotion we can apply for a deduction to your grading cost of £25 per Star Grading. Please select from the list below and pay the fee listed above as normal. We will then refund you the deducted amount once the application has been accepted.

Deduction Application(required)
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Declaration

Eligibility Check(required)
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